X d domestic slicer



(No Model.)

M. JOHN. DOMESTIC SLIGER, GRATER,'AND BEATER.

' No. 449,907. Patented Apr. 7, 189 1.

i NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MATHIAS JOHN, OF MILlVAUKEE, VISCONSIN.

o DOMESTIC SLICER, GRATER, AND BEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,907, dated April '7, 1891.

Application filed November 6, 1890. Serial No. 370,473. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MArHIAs JOHN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Milwaukee,in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of \Visconsimhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Domestic Slicers, Graters,and Beaters; andldo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts, to be hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical transverse section of my machine organized as a slicer; Fig. 2, a horizontal section of a slicing-head; Fig. 3, a plan View of a portion of the knife-frame that forms part of the slicing-head; Fig. 4, a vertical transverse section of .a conical grater interchangeable with said slicing-head; Fig. 5, an elevation of a beater that may be substituted for either the slicing-head or grater; Fig. 6, a sectional view of a cap, that is detachably c011- nected to the beater-rod, and Fig. 7 a plan view of a hollow shaft that engages said beater-rod and cap.

Referring by letter to the drawings,A rep resents a standard provided at its lower end with parallel jaws b b, and in one of these jaws is a set-screw c, that is run up against a table or other suitable support to clamp the standard thereto. The upper end d of the standard is turned over at a right angle and provided with a bearing 6 for a hollow shaft B, the latter having another bearingf in the apex of a conical cap O, supported by arms 9 h of said standard.

A pinion D, fast on the hollow shaft B, meshes with a gear-wheel E on a drive-shaft F, that has bearings t' in the standard A and the arm 9 of the same, said drive-shaft being actuated by a crank G, as illustratedin Fig. 1.

The conical cap 0 is provided with aspout j, in which a plug H is arranged, and the lower end of said cap is screw-threaded to engage the screw-threaded upper end of a pan or receiver I, as shown in Fig. 1.

The lower end of the hollow shaft B is screw-threaded to receive a correspondingstud k onthe upper end of a conical slicing-head (to be hereinafter more fully described) or a similar stud m on the apex of a conical grater J, the latter being shown by Fig. 4. The slicing-head comprises a plate 71, provided with the stud 7t and a ring 19, connected by knives K, set at any desirable angle, tothus form a skeleton frame, a stem L, depending from the plate, a conical shell having its upper end and a bottom brace r loose on the stem, and checknuts .9, arranged on said stem above and below the bottom brace of the shell to hold the latter in the position to which it may be vertically adjusted, said shell being provided with slots t, parallel to the knives K on the skeleton frame.

By adjusting the shell M on the stem L of the slicing-head the space between each knife K on the skeleton frame and said shell is varied, and thus the slices cut by the head are more or less thick in proportion to the space, the slicing-head being rotated,by means of the gearing above described, to cause said knives to successively act upon the material to be sliced, this material being fed through the spout j of the conical cap 0 and forced down to the cutting-point by means of the plug H, above described, the product being delivered to the receiverI through the slots t in the aforesaid shell.

The grater J (shown by Fig. 4) may be readily substituted for the slicing-head at any time without the aid of tools, as the connection of either said slicing head or grater with the hollow shaft B is a screw-threaded one.

The upper end of the hollow shaft B is provided with notches o for engagement with lugs 10.. on a capP,screw-threaded to the stem Q of a beater R, the beater-stem being run up through said shaft, when the slicing-head or grater is disengaged therefrom to receive said cap.

By having the receiver I attached to the cap 0, as above described, the material being operated upon is confined and kept free from dust or other foreign particles, and said receiver may remain on the machine until its contents are needed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a supportingstandard and drive-shaft mounted therein, of

another shaft geared to the driver and internally screw-threaded at one end for engagement with a screw-threaded stud on an interchangeable slicing-head and grater, a stationary cap having a bearing for the driven shaft, and a feed-spout 0n the cap, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a supportingstandard and drive-shaft mounted therein. of another shaft geared to the driver and designed for detachable rigid connection with a slicing-head or analogous device, a stationary conical cap having its apex provided with a bearing for'the driven shaft, a feed-spout on the cap, and a plug loose in the spout,

signed for detachable rigid connection with a slicing-head or analogous device, a stationary conical cap having its apex provided with a bearing for the driven shaft, a feed-spout on the cap, and a receiver detachably connected to the base of said cap, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with a supportingstandard and drive-gear, of ashaft connected to the drive-gear, a slicing-head comprising a skeleton frame formed with knives as members thereof and provided with a screwthreaded stud for engagement with an opening in the shaft, a stem depending from the top of the skeletonframe, a shell adjustable on the stem and provided with slots parallel to said knives, and a cap surrounding the slicing-head and provided with a feed-spout,

substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of VVisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.'

' MATHIAS JOHN.

Witnesses:v

N. E. OLIPHANT, WM. KLUG. 

